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Canada threatens ban as travellers with fake ID seek refugee status

Canada threatens ban as travellers with fake ID seek refugee status Rick Westhead SOUTH ASIA BUREAU Toronto Star Feb 03, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (58) NEW DELHI Transport Canada officials recently warned India's largest privately owned commercial … Continue reading

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Bill Would Bar Undocumented Students From Resident Tuition Rates

Bill would bar undocumented students from resident tuition rates In-state tuition measure would tighten, not repeal, 2002 law By Sheena Mcfarland The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City), February 3, 2009 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11621643 There's a new proposal in the Legislature to … Continue reading

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Recession Is Forcing Companies To Cut Back On Migrant Workers, Says Business Chief

Recession is forcing companies to cut back on migrant workers, says business chief By James Slack and Becky Barrow Daily Mail Last updated at 10:41 PM on 03rd February 2009 A top businessman has waded into the 'British jobs for … Continue reading

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British Workers ‘Needed On Farms’

British workers 'needed on farms' BBC NEWS February 3, 2009 There are plenty of “British jobs for British workers” on UK farms, a committee of MPs has been told. James Davies, who recruits East Europeans to pick fruit and vegetables, … Continue reading

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Australia Pushes Expansion Of Pacific Workers Scheme

Australia pushes expansion of Pacific workers scheme Australia's Trade Minister Simon Crean says big projects around (PHOTO :Australia's Trade Minister Simon Crean says big projects around the region mean there is potential to expand the Pacific workers scheme.) [AAP] ABC … Continue reading

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The Colour Of Money : Banks Roll Out Welcome

The Colour of Money: Banks roll out welcome Newcomers to Canada are being targeted with financial services tailor-made for them By Dana Lacey Financial Post February 2, 2009 Baskar Rao and his wife, Shisma, have lived in Canada for all … Continue reading

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Oil Refinery Strikes : Union Leaders Warn Against Far-Right Hijacking Protests

Oil refinery strikes: Union leaders warn against far right hijacking protests Union leaders have condemned attempts by the far right to hijack the 'British jobs for British workers' protests for their own anti-immigrant agenda. By Patrick Sawer Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: … Continue reading

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She Was The Ticket To A Better Life

She was the ticket to a better life Before Amandeep Dhillon's short life ended in her murder, she was caught between a new family in the GTA she barely knew and one back in India Jan 31, 2009 04:30 AM … Continue reading

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Foreign Murderers Found Living In Britain

Foreign murderers found living in Britain Eighty foreign murder suspects are discovered in Britain each year after evading justice in their homelands, Scotland Yard figures have revealed. By David Barrett, Home Affairs Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 10:19PM GMT 31 … Continue reading

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Thousands Of Foreigners Given New Year’s Day As Date Of Birth

Thousands of foreigners given New Year's Day as date of birth Thousands of asylum seekers, illegal immigrants and other foreigners arriving in Britain every year are being given New Year's Day as their date of birth because officials don't know … Continue reading

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Fishermen Found In Icebox Don’t Want To Go Home

Fishermen found in icebox don't want to go home The Australian Article from: Australian Associated Press January 30, 2009 TWO fishermen found floating in an oversized icebox in the Torres Strait have told authorities they do not want to be … Continue reading

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FBI : Burgeoning Gangs Behind Up To 80% Of U.S. Crime

FBI: Burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of U.S. crime By Kevin Johnson USA Today, January 30, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-29-ms13_N.htm Criminal gangs in the USA have swelled to an estimated 1 million members responsible for up to 80% of crimes in … Continue reading

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For Refugees, Recession Makes Hard Times Even Harder

For Refugees, Recession Makes Hard Times Even Harder By Erik Eckholm The New York Times, January 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/30refugees.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=krikorian&st=cse Salt Lake City — After escaping violence in Burma and spending 27 years in the bamboo huts of a United Nations … Continue reading

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Gregg’s Stances On Immigration Similar To Obama’s

Gregg's stances on immigration similar to Obama's By Bob Cusack The Hill (Washington, DC), January 30, 2009 http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/greggs-policies-on-immigration-similar-to-obamas-2009-01-30.html Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), who is under consideration to be nominated as Commerce secretary, has supported contentious immigration legislation that sharply divided … Continue reading

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Wildcat Strikes Over Foreign Workers Spread Across Britain

Wildcat strikes over foreign workers spread across Britain From Times Online January 30, 2009 Wildcat strikes spread to power stations across Britain today with more than 2,000 workers at 17 different sites walking out in protest against the use of … Continue reading

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Muslim Population ‘Rising 10 Times Faster Than Rest Of Society’

Muslim population 'rising 10 times faster than rest of society' From The Times January 30, 2009 The Muslim population in Britain has grown by more than 500,000 to 2.4 million in just four years, according to official research collated for … Continue reading

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Brown Stands By British Jobs For British Workers Remark

Brown stands by British jobs for British workers remark No reason for regret, says spokesman, as striking workers adopt controversial phrase for placards Deborah Summers, politics editor guardian.co.uk Friday 30 January 2009 12.23 GMT (Protesters at the Lindsey oil refinery … Continue reading

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Deportation Delays ‘Costing 10 Million Pounds’

Deportation delays 'costing 10m' BBC NEWS January 30, 2009 Holding criminals awaiting deportation in immigration centres is costing the taxpayer 10m a year, says Tory immigration spokesman Damian Green. Nearly 1,200 ex-prisoners are being held in detention centres – at … Continue reading

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Trafficking In False Promises

Trafficking in false promises Immigration tricksters in Punjab region prey on Indians who hope for new lives in Canada Rick Westhead SOUTH ASIA BUREAU Jan 29, 2009 04:30 AM Kapurthala, IndiaOne morning in February 2007, Harvinder Singh read an ad … Continue reading

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Stimulus Plan Seeks To Ban Illegals From Tax Credit

Stimulus plan seeks to bar illegals from tax credit By Julie Hirschfeld Davis The Associated Press, January 29, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/6236670.html Washington, DC (AP) — Illegal immigrants without Social Security numbers could not get tax credits under the $800 billion-plus economic … Continue reading

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